Mold for plastic articles.



PATENTED AUG. 1,1905;

W. A. DIGKEY. MOLD FOR PLASTIC ARTICLES.

APPLICATION IILED MAR. 1, 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

(WILLIAM A. DICKEY, OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA.

. MOLD FOR PLASTIC ARTICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. DIGKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Manchester,in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molds for Plastic Articles; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription of the same,

reference being had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the the mold.

. The invention consists in a mold for plastic articles constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a mold constructed in accordance with my-invention; Fig. 2, an inner side view of the end sections having the dies thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent the two outer side sections of the mold, which form the outer walls thereto, and C is the central partition, the side sections and partition engaging grooves in the end sections D E and the several sectionsand partition resting'upon separable platforms F G, which form together the bottom of the mold.

The mold herein shown and described is especially adapted for molding fence-posts, and although I have shown the mold as adapted to the manufacture of two posts only it is evi dent that the end sections may be of sufficient length, with the required number of grooves, to receive any desired number of partitions, so that a plurality of posts may be molded at the same time.

The end section D has grooves 61/ for the ends of the outer side sections A B and groove 6 for the end of the central partition C, and the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1905. Serial No- 247,860-

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

end section E has similar grooves 0 and central groove d for the opposite ends of the side sections and partition, theside sections and partition and the end sections being held together by hooks eengaging eyes f. Any suitable fastening device may be substituted for the hooks and eyes shown that will serve the purpose intended, and the end section E have suitably-formed dies g to give ornamentation to the end ofthe post in any suitable design.

After the plastic material is placed in the mold the pressure upon each side of the'central partition (1 will be equal, and consequently there is no danger of the collapse or bending of the partition; but with the side sections A B it is different, the pressure being outward only upon the inner side thereof, and therefore it is necessary to reinforce the side sections so as to resist the outward pressure of the plastic material. Consequently the side sections have a longitudinal brace connected thereto, as indicated at H, to strengthen and render the sections more rigid and better enabled to resist the outward pressure thereon.

After the mold is set up ready for use, as

shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the plastic material is placed in the spaces between the supported upon the platforms, which form the bottom of the mold. In the employment of the platforms, which form the bottom of the mold, the post is enabled to be removed in its brittle condition without injury thereto.

It is evident that many changes or'modifications in the general construction and form of the mold may be resorted to without in any manner departing from the essential features of the invention, and such changes could be;

made as would come within ordinary mechanical udgment.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a mold for plastic articles, a platform upon which said mold rests, said platform comprising longitudinal and separable sections, separable side sections having longitudinal braces upon their outer sides to reinforce and I tions together upon the platform,substantially strengthen the same against the outward presas and for the purpose set forth.

sure thereon of the plastic material, separable In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in end sections with grooves therein with which presence of two witnesses.

the side sections engage, a partition located be- WILLIAM A. DIG/KEY. tween the side sections and engaging grooves WVitnesses: in the end sections, one of said end sections JOHN L. FLETCHER,

having dies, and means for holding the see- WM. W. BURLEIN. 

